patrick beverly – Rush The Court

Breaking Down the Preseason Mags…

rtmsf — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:26:32 +0000

We’re heading into the middle of September already, literally thirty days until Midnight Madness, and the first batch of preseason mags are already proliferating on B&N shelves like West Virginians on crystal meth at a swap meet (no offense intended to the West Virginians not on crystal meth, of course). We know many of our readers are asking, “what’s a magazine?” To which we reply, “it’s what old people read while they’re on the toilet.” For our few readers here over 30 (present company excluded), we offer the first installment of our continuing series of reviews of the preseason [...]

Yippee! Another Silver Medal for Team USA

rtmsf — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:27:05 +0000

We continue to track the Tim Donaghy saga, and we’re putting together a take on that situation as it relates to sports and basketball in general, but we wanted to make brief mention of the following score from Novi Sad, Serbia: Serbia 74, Team USA 69. Yeah yeah, we realize that the Serbs had home-court advantage and it’s probable possible that there were more than one Donaghy running around in FIBA gear out there, but once again a US team went into an international competition against its peers and came home with something less than the gold medal. In fact, the last [...]

International Incidents

rtmsf — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:55:56 +0000

The real dog days of summer are here, and that can only mean one thing to hoopheads – international basketball. Yes, we know that you’ve all missed the trapezoidal lane and goofy emblazoned unitards preferred by our international friends. Harkening back to the days of our youth when we trotted amateurs out there and still actually won these events, we should take solace in the knowledge that, even though the world has indeed caught us in team basketball, we still own the patent on And1-style showmanship. If only there was an international competition that allows four steps after picking up your dribble followed by random acts of dancing with the crowd.